šŸŽ¼ Best first song on an album

Music and gigs
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From 1994ā€™s dubnobasswithmyheadman, probably better known for the dark train mix but I like this version a lot.

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Top choice :fu:

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ā€œNow that your pictureā€™s in the paper being rhythmically admired
And you can have anyone that you have ever desired
All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why?ā€

Costello > Presley hands down. Donā€™t fucking @ me.

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First track from Mezzanine. Angel. Massive Attacks best album IMO. Also, BBC sport sampled it all the time as well as a load of adverts.

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ā€˜s alright. Not going to set the world alight. IMHO

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Any suggestions Cobbers?

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Pistols album.

Holidays in the sun.

That is all

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I can relate to this, and it also reminds me of another thought I had about first tracks. A few albums I can think of had a weird, distorted or frankly unpleasant opener followed by an absolute killer second track which blew you away and sucked you into the album, and the cureā€™s second lp, seventeen seconds, was one such. Those first moments of A play for today had so much more impact because of the opener. The same goes for siouxsie and the banshees first album, the scream, and also Queen 2. There was a joy division album like that too, I forget which, either forbidden pleasures or closer.

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Also what they started their set with when I saw them in the late 90ā€™s.

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Iā€™d argue this is a better opener than Debaser.

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The opening is great, and the rest isnā€™t bad either.

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Still gives me the chills

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Great album opener, and great set ender.

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I never get tired of listening to this, not one of their best albums though.

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More of an acquired taste, but I love em. Also, you can never have too much of Southamptonā€™s finest cinematic offspring.

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Mojo Pinā€¦

Not the best song on the album but stillā€¦what an opener for the first track on his first (full) album.

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